The Abode of Love

THE ABODE OF LOVE vividly creates a time--distant, but not remote; places--some bleak and chilly, others warm and seductive; and people--some sane, others fanatical converts, following a megalomaniac to a "heaven" complete with milk, honey, and spotless virgins. In THE ABODE OF LOVE, Joseph Shearing has drawn a fascinating picture of the kind of mania that can follow a denial of sex and humanity. Her dry and witty understanding of human folly is interwoven with a slowly building tension that adds up to extraordinary entertainment.